Race & Politics

I noticed that Dr. Michael Eric Dyson was being featured on C-SPAN's BookTV just before tuning into the Blue Jays-Yankees game early this afternoon. I made a mental note to mark it as a post-game activity. Rather than head over to the bar for a round or two. I've seen the brother from Detroit on…Read more THE PEOPLE OF COLOR’S SERMON FOR BLACK WOMEN

I don't believe I've ever met a Bethune-Cookman grad. In fact, I haven't met many Black folks from Florida. Of course, Detroit's Cass Tech High School served as a veritable pipeline for Florida A&M. But, I just kind of heard of Bethune-Cookman because legendary former Howard University Track Coach Bill Moultrie used to talk…Read more WHAT DO YOUNG FOLKS DO IN DAYTONA BEACH?

When it comes to Major League Baseball, 2017 is no different than 1997. For the past 20 years, sports writers and talking heads have chimed in on the significance of Jackie Robinson's taking the field for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947. Then, there is the inevitable year-over-year comparative analysis on the number of…Read more BUSINESS AS USUAL, MLB-STYLE

I get a chuckle out of folks who think they know the City of Detroit by reading a piece in the New York Times. Or, any other liberal mainstream publication. Apparently, there is a new movie hitting the big screen this summer about 1967 and Detroit's recent history. Let me be perfectly clear: I'm not…Read more 50 YEARS LATER, WHAT?

I, finally, got to see Nate Parker's phenomenal Birth of a Nation this week. Despite all the earlier protests and threats to boycott this very important film in "all hopes of freeing a legacy" for so-called liberal blocs and varied constituencies within them, the screenplay depicted a quest in the name of courageous freedom. Now, fast forward…Read more THE DESTRUCTION OF INNOCENT LIVES, THIS AIN’T

I haven't been really paying much attention to what's going on out of Russia. First, nobody's talking about how CNN, former DNC Interim Chair Donna Brazile, and TV One's Roland Martin tried to influence the democratic process (on behalf of Hillary Clinton) during the presidential election here in the United States. Nobody's really going underneath all…Read more MOSCOW’S APPOINTED DUTY

I've never seen a nation want to re-set a calendar as badly in my life. From the post-presidential election hand-wringing to the so-called "conscious community" mudslinging, the last last seven or eight weeks have been an absolute drag. (For some.) Now, we got an international pissing match between two Heads of State --- one of…Read more HOW LONG YOU BEEN IN THE BUSINESS OF SHOW?